Solid Sohy 13 is a very bold, normal width, low contrast, upright, normal x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, logotypes, packaging, event titles, playful, futuristic, graphic, retro, high impact, decorative display, geometric experiment, silhouette branding, geometric, stencil-like, chunky, cutout, modular.
A heavy, geometric display face built from compact blocks and circular segments, with frequent wedge-like cutouts and flattened terminals. Counters are largely collapsed, so letters read as solid silhouettes shaped by notches, bites, and occasional interior slits rather than open bowls. Curves are clean and near-perfectly round where used, contrasted with hard right angles and triangular joins, creating a modular, constructed rhythm. The overall texture is dense and poster-like, with distinctive, sometimes asymmetric negative spaces that help differentiate similarly solid forms.
Best suited to large sizes where the carved details can be clearly seen, such as posters, headlines, branding marks, and packaging. It can also work well for short display lines in entertainment, games, or tech-themed graphics where a strong silhouette and distinctive rhythm are more important than continuous readability.
The style feels playful and attention-grabbing, with a retro-futurist, arcade-like sensibility. Its bold silhouettes and cutout details suggest a decorative, graphic approach that reads more as iconographic letterforms than conventional text typography.
The design appears intended to maximize impact through mass and simplified, filled-in counters, using geometric cutouts to maintain character recognition. It prioritizes a bold, decorative voice and a cohesive modular construction over traditional letterfit and text clarity.
Because many interior spaces are closed, differentiation relies on the placement and shape of cutouts (for example in C/G/S and similar forms), giving the typeface a strong visual identity but a narrower comfort zone for long reading. The numerals follow the same solid, carved construction, keeping the overall system cohesive in headings and short bursts of copy.